Body-cooler



(No Model.)

E. B. MAGILL. BODY COOLER.

No. 414,558. Patented Nov. 5, 1889.

QM g @6 4 UNITED STATEs PATENT QFFICE.

EDWIN BELMONT MAGILL, OF LA OROSSE, \VISCONSIN.

BODY-COOLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 414,558, dated November5, 1889.

Application filed June 6, 1888. Serial No. 276,223. (No model.)

'To aZZ whom it nuty concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN BELMONT MA- GILL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at La Grosse, in the county of La Crosse and State ofVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBody-Coolers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain improvements in body-coolers.

p The invention, as hereinafter described, consists of a novelconstruction of apparatus designed to contain ice or other coolingmedium and furnish a supply of cold air to that portion of the body towhich the apparatus is applied.

While in the drawings accompanying this specification l have shown myimproved apparatus as especially constructed with a view to itsapplication to a persons head, modifications in the shape or contourthereof will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to adaptthe invention for application to other portions of the body it may bedesired to cool, the same general principles hereinafter describedbeing, of course, maintained in all instances.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view ofmy complete apparatus as designed for application to the head forcooling the same: Fig. represents 'a sectional elevation of the bottomportion of the apparatus. Fig. 3 represents a similar view of the topportion.

This apparatus is designed for use in coolin g certain parts of thebody, for the purpose of reducing inflammation and fevers, reducing thetemperature, cooling corpses, and as a substitute for the application ofand constant changing of wet cloths on persons, the apparatus beingespecially serviceable in cases of brain fever, wounds, spinalmeningitis, and inflammation and fever generally.

1 represents the bottom portion of the apparatus, which in the formshown in the drawings is adapted for application to the head. In thisconstruction the bottom section 1 is formed of semicircular shape toadapt it to fit around and encircle the base or rear and sides of thehead. This bottom section is double walled, as shown, the outer wall 2being plane-faced and having one or more holes 3 in the bottom thereof,through which water resulting from condensation and the melting of theice may discharge, such water being carried off away from the. couchupon which the user may be by a tube or tubes 4, engaged with a shorttube or pipe 5, extending outwardly from the opening 3.

6 represents the inner wall of the bottom section of the apparatus.This, as shown, is also of semicircular shape and has a circumferentialseries of perforations 7 therein, through which the cooled air passesfrom the ice-chamber 8, between the walls 2. and 6, to that part of thebody to which the apparatus is applied.

9 represents a vertically-extending apron attached to the inner face ofthe inner wall 6, and within the ice-cha1nber, to insure the cooled air,after coming in contact with the ice 10 in the chamber 8, passing to thebottom thereof, and from thence up between.

said apron and the adjacent face of the inner wall to and through theperforations 7 to the body of the user.

11 represents a semi-pircnmferential gutter, extending outwardly fromthe bottom of the inner wall for the purpose of catching any moisture orwater of condensation that may trickle down the inner wall, and 12represents a dischargeopening communicating with the ice-chamber 8,through which such water may discharge.

13 represents the closed ends of the apparatus closing the ice-chamber.

1% represents rubber sheathing encircling the upper rims or beads 15 ofthe section and the rod 16. 16 represents a rod for bracing said sectionand assisting in the support of the top section, to be presentlydescribed. By thus covering the rims a cushion is provided upon whichthe upper section rests, and thereby all noise that would otherwiseresult from the contact or movement of the two sections, one against theother, is dead ened. Such noise-deadening covering may also be placedupon or over such other exposed portio'ns'ofthe apparatus as would beliable to create noise upon coming in contact with other articles orwith the other'parts of the apparatus. This lower section 1 is designedto rest directly over that portion of the body to be cooled, the ice orother cooling medium being placed within the chamber 8, which, as shown,is open at its top to admit air, which, under the ordinary andwell-known natural laws, descends as it becomes cooled by contact withthe ice, and, seeking an outlet, is by the'pre's'sure of thesuperincumbent body of cold air forced up to the only outlet available,viz:

' that the cold air would be supplied simply around the base and sidesof the head, while the erown of the head would not be subjected o eeehhsen- The em ym n e e. si e-1e e ie e e tter m in h me ca es be advegeh ed a that i h es eha 'u Wh a wo ld hshel y be the cas it m g e esired toconfine the cold air in contact with that bel f th er wh h e appa a usis applied, I employ a top section or cap 18, of semi-cylindrical shape,with a front wall 19. This top section or cap rests in use npon thecovered top rim 15 and rod 16 of the lower seetion, thereby covering thecentral Space 17 and covering the crown of the head, or, as the case maybe, the upper or exposed surface e -thet pa t o the bo y o w c theerraretue s "app ie The front wa 1 nd sid walls 20 of this top sectionare of sufficient height-to form with the bottom 21 an ice-receiyingvchamber 22.v The bottom 2i slopes gradually from the center to the outerwalls, so as to permit of the water resulting from ondensat e a d em lihg ef the tee flewi s tie and as ng ou t rou h e dis h r eopening 23 inthe side wall. With this opening communicates a short outwardlyextendeing pipe'24, to which one end of aruhber or other tube 25 is attached,the other end of which rests within the ice-chamber 8 of the ,walls ofthis portion 26 are imperforate to lower section 1 into which itdischarges the water passing therethrough.

26 represents a-central npwardly-extending ttieh ef the b tom of h seion or cap 18. ,ihe side and end walls of this portion 26 are theirupper portion perforated, as shown 2?, through which cold air passesfrom eontaetwith the ice in the chamber 22 to the ,body of the user. Thelower portion of the prevent-any water coming in contact with the user.

28represents a cap or cover for the top of this portion 26, the edges ofsaid cap extending horizontally beyond the side walls and beingdownturned, as shown, to afiord a hand-grasp, whereby the section 18 maybe transported and placed in and removed from position. A centralopening 29 is formed in the bottom 21 of the section 18, which isguarded by the box and through which the cooled air passes from theperforated side walls of said portion 26 to the body of the user.

By the employment conjointly of the two sections 1 and 18, abovedescribed, the appli- V cation of cooled air is efiectively secured overthe entire surface ofthat portion of the body to which the apparatus isapplied.

This device-can be, with but slight change n eent r equa y we 'edaptedth appl ation to other parts of the human anatomy, it being simplynecessary to construct the section l of either circular, square, orother shape to adapt it to conform to the contour of that portion of thebody to which it is to.

e pp ie and hen u per is sir to be employed similarly shaping thesection 8, th g n a op ra e an m nt en construction of parts being inall cases,- as above described, in relation to the form of appara udesig r enr i et eh e he head.

30 represents depending rectangnlar portions which serve as rests andsupports to h e eleh w e eby he same s terrier e t h ele o in ure he ishar e ef the wate resulting fi -m the melting ofthe ice,

Wha I elehn s L A be y e hng v c c n istin a tray constitu ing anice-rec iv ng ehamber, ab t-t r f he wall of whi h s pe -rifl withaseries of ainpassages and an all-edeiiecting apron extending acrossthe'airepassages, and a cap or cover adapted to rest upon said tray andto receive ice and have a ed ent p r ieh havin reriere d Wa e, substanially as a fo he DHPPQ set forth. 5

2, The body-cooler herein described, consisting of an iee ehamber avinga waterexit, and perforations in the wall of said Ghamber, saidperforations forming air=passa s eh apron. extending m on et an i withihe ieeehemher r h he pe ef st rtling h r pe segee, a water-meet inggutter extending along the exterior Qfi the pe oratedi Walle h i 'eaihheh an en h s e h n i l p or i nd h v e e ere' i e ee hhe ie repteele chewed forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 10 presence of twoWitnesses.

EDWIN BELMONT MAGILL.

\Vitnesses:

W. B. TSCHARNER, EMMA OEHLER.

